Learn about pastels with a twist

PALM CITY - On Wednesday, March 12, the Palm City Art Associates will introduce the third professional artistic presenter of the 2014 season. Deborah LaFogg-Docherty comes all the way from Boynton Beach to present "Pastels with a Twist." Even if you're not a pastel artist, you won't want to miss this demonstration in which she explores different forms of underpainting, application techniques and illustrates how light, color, contrast, composition, texture,and especially atmosphere make any painting in any medium luminous and breath-taking.

LaFogg-Docherty's art combines her two great loves: her love of nature and her love of painting. She studies then paints wildlife in its natural habitat to give viewers a realistic and empathetic glimpse of how animals live in the wild, raise their young, court and survive. Her quest has taken her across the United States from the Everglades National Park in Florida all the way to Denali National Park in Alaska to depict the secret world of wildlife that most people never get a chance to see. Although Deb paints with acrylics and oils, a trip to Paris to see Degas' Impressionistic paintings first-hand reminded her why she loves the pastels so much.

Visit http://deb-lafoggdocherty.artistwebsi... or simply Google images of Deborah LaFogg-Docherty to see her stunning realistic portrayals of our wildlife world. She paints anything and everything found in nature, running the gamut from underwater turtles, turkeys, wolves, white-tailed deer and herons to pet kittens, dogs, and horses --- even lions and tigers and giraffes, OH MY! For those readers familiar with this author's artwork, you will understand why her spoonbill painting, "Pink Wings Over the Everglades," and "The Flirt Painting" of a parrot are my personal favorites.

Sheis a signature member of Artists for Conservation and of the Pastel Society of America, received the Masters Circle award from the International Association of Pastel Societies, and is also a member of Oil Painters of America and the International Guild of Realism, among other too-numerous-to-name affiliations. She often wins Best of Show, First, Second and Third Place awards and has illustrated a children's book with part of the proceeds going to save critical habitat in the Florida Keys. She has just completed yet another children's picture book entitled "Rosie's Song," which can be ordered from Amazon at the following link: http://www.amazon.com/Rosies-Song-Mar....

The Palm City Art Associates present an artistic demonstration, such as Deborah LaFogg-Docherty's, at each of the 1 p.m. meetings on the second Wednesday of every month at the Cummings Library, 2551 S.W. Matheson Ave, Palm City, Florida 34990. The public is always welcome to attend these demonstrations free-of-charge but be sure to get your 50/50 tickets to support the league's Scholarship Fund for college-bound high school art students.

For further information about LaFogg-Docherty's presentation or the Palm City Art Associates, contact PCAA President Nancy Steinberg at pcaanewsletter@gmail.com.

Hope to see you March 12.

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